Battlestar Galactica Revival

just watched the new one

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wow i had to check that screen! is realz

28:26 into the ep

shame cally had to die after only just getting her best ever hairdo

that's Orion in the screengrab right?

Exactly - Orion's belt being the three stars that Starbuck sees near Earth.

So the Cylons are nearer to Earth than the fleet, I guess.

i was happy to see one of the nu-cylons actually doing something, it seems like all they've been up to is having stressed-out meetings

i like that now they're becoming more human. they've bitten the fruit from the tree.

I thought the episode was great. A fair bit happened at least. there will be hell of more stressed-out nu-clyon meetings in the next ep.

best episode of the season so far. which is surprising considering there was no Baltar.

what a great plan these cylons clearly do have

Baltar just weighs down episodes that aren't about him half the time.

i don't get why Helo and Gaeta are off on Starbuck's mission - thought they were key personnel. it's as if the writers have got nothing for them to do for a while.

i don't get why they're jumping around in that ship so often if jumping around is exactly what starbuck doesn't want to do. and i don't get why the temporary appropriation of a garbage scow is a hot-button political issue.

39,000 people left - how come still so many reporters?

i know, i was just thinking about that!

anything to get out of military service

Maybe they're all just bloggers.

seeing cylons blog is probably the logical next step for this show :/

"Orion's belt being the three stars"

d'oh! of course. i was going 'trinary system, eh? eh??'

i don't get why Helo and Gaeta are off on Starbuck's mission - thought they were key personnel. it's as if the writers have got nothing for them to do for a while.

Yeah, I think you nailed it. I mean, why else would they put on all those other pilots (like... uh... that chick who got promoted to pilot last season).

But complete fanwankery GO: Helo has been pretty good buds with Starbuck, though they don't get that much screentime together, it's been established. And Gaeta is still probably hated in the fleet anyway since most people saw him as a collaborator, and maybe Starbuck's trying to make up for that whole "whoopsy, almost killed you in that barely legal tribunal thing!" But also he has a ton of experience in navigation from being in the CIC.

39,000 people left - how come still so many reporters?

Halfway through the first season on DVD and wondering the same thing. There's no sign of a visual media or newspapers and 48k people, why is the Presidential Press Corps rolling 20 deep?

I think it gets explained in the first season actually. Weren't a whole bunch of reporters on Galactica for the de-commissioning? They never explain the whole medium (or how any sort of economy works in general), but I would presume that the weekly newsletter's get more important once the human race is down to 40K.

Yes, but each of them must report to unique news sources, right?

sam's there cuz he luv starbuck, gaeta's there cuz good w/ navigation (bit u+k), helo's there cuz he always gets sent on these shit jobs, sharon's there cuz helo, seelix (her?) rounds it out, possible cannon fodder.

Sam also there because of cylon-ness obv.

Wish Seelix still had her long hair.

Other Songs the Final Four Cylons Should Have Heard in Their Heads at the End of Season 3 Besides That Shitty Version of "All Along the Watchtower"

1. Kraftwerk "We Are the Robots"
2. Super Mario Bros themesong

3. Sex Machine

4. Zapp "Computer Love"

2. Super Mario Bros themesong

Genuine LOL-age at desk over that one - good work SMC.

5. Giorgio Moroder with Philip Oakey "Together In Electric Dreams".

6. Daft Punk's "Robot Rock"

7. Fleetwood Mac - Walk a Thin Line

no, Honey Hi

http://galacticasitrep.blogspot.com/2008/11/another-coming-out-party.html

i figured it was those two!

I've just finished season one of this, and while I'm enjoying it as a drama I don't think all of the sci-fi elements have been very well thought through. The world lacks coherence and consistency somehow, and much of the politicking seems quite simplistic. I also wish they'd curb the spiritual nonsense a bit.

I adore Gaius Baltar, however. I suspect he's partially basing his performance on Tony Blair.

Ok, two episodes into S3 now and it's kicking so much arse. S2 excellent as well, the first series is the weakest by a large margin. LOVING Dean Stockwell's performance.

You might want to check the thread started this season, although lots of complaints.

Too scared of spoilers.

Christ but Lucy Lawless is aging well. Far hotter in this than she ever was in Xena.

lol watched razor thinking it was s04e1 d'oh; was thinking all the way through 'what a weird way to start season 4'

I do think that viewed as an episode rather than a side-story movie it was ok

still not watched The Plan yet

The main girl's story is pretty predictable, but I liked the way it fleshed out some minor characters.

xpost re: Razor

Has the plan been aired in the States?

i dl'd it a while ago so presumably yes

Cool, I'm going to get on that shit. Love me some John Cavill.

The Plan was on DVD, not telly.

in the UK are the 'final season' DVDs just the second half of season 4? still got to work my way through its first half anyway.

I thought season 3 was rubbish, first time through, but re-screened it this past week and it's definitely stronger than I initially thought; pretty incredible reveal of four of the final five at the end

Yeah, the DVDs were split into 'Season 4' and 'The Final Season'.

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